Jason Mraz Article: AND NOW BACK TO BEING Cinta

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Be the change you wish to see

Jason’s blog telah diposkan on
Thursday, November 11, 2010
3:25 p.m.

About a tahun lalu I got the words ”Be Love” tattooed on my arm. The idea that I could be ”Love Itself”as in ‘not wait for it to tunjuk up’ was a revolutionary concept I first discovered at Café Gratitude in San Francisco.(Yes, I know it's been the basis of many religions, but I'm a late bloomer. Everyone's awakening looks different.)

This month, Café Gratitude releases it’s highly anticipated book, Kindred Spirit: Fulfilling Love's Promise (link). This take-out version of the café’s popular relationship workshop is all about ‘Being Love’ and what that entails. Whether atau not anda share your life with a partner, every conversation and interaction in life is within Relationship. The book is brilliant and like the Makanan at Cafe Gratitude, easy to digest.

One of the things the book highlights is about how we listen. Many times we beat ourselves up over something we think we heard. Say you’re driving and your passenger yells “BRAKES!” to avoid disaster. Sometimes we hear that as "YOU CAN’T DRIVE!"

It’s common to interpret in that manner. It happens all the time. We apply meaning in ways that make situations much lebih difficult to deal with.

Last Monday I jokingly tweeted:

“Someone berkata there’s a Jonas Bros Camp Rock tune that rips I'm Yours. So I bought it & think I should sue… for the 1.29 I wasted on iTunes.”

(Of course, I did also mention in public that I thought the song was terrible.)

Nevertheless, people HEARD that as if I was really going to file a suit. People began retweeting my words without the 1.29 punch line. One major news program berkata I was “reportedly mad” at the Jonas Bros. Perez Hilton's website used the word HATE.

The reaction has been an extraordinary demonstration of how we apply meaning to things, and what happens when an idea enters the diminishing world of gossip.

Ultimately, every action we make comes down to one of two expressions:

I Want Love - atau –[/b]I Am Love[/b]

How to succeed in relationship is to always take full responsibility of a situation and ”be the change anda wish to see,” no matter what. Being Cinta means to humbly Clean It Up.

I take full responsibility for the disappointment I brought to Jonas Bro fans. I can see how my negative endorsement infringed upon their celebration of the talented trio. I berkata it at a time when I'm frustrated with my own musical evolution. (52 songs deep into the album process and still not satisfied.) I want love.

I’m grateful for this awkward situation. It has reawakened me to the tools of Being Love.

Check out ‘Kindred Spirit’ now available at CaféGratitude.Com (link).
(I have a sweet quote printed on the back cover of the book too.)

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DON'T POO-POO THE MAGIC

posted by juicyjossy9

I don’t refer to genius as being masculine atau feminine

I don’t refer to genius as being masculine or feminine

Jason’s blog telah diposkan on
Thursday, November 04, 2010
12:03 PM
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You can only polish a turd for so long before it starts to fall apart. So it goes with album making. Thriller was made in just 8 weeks while merah jambu Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, though rehearsed and performed live before it was ever recorded, was made in just 2 sessions. I am not currently working on Chinese Democracy, but I have been sculpting this turd for almost a tahun now and it’s doesn’t even remotely resemble a Snickers Bar. My point: It’s still not ready for consumption.

Of course,...

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Only Human Lyrics

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"Only Human"

A tupai in the pokok is he watching me
Does he give a damn?
Does he care who I am?
I'm just a man, is that all I am
Are my manners misinterpreted words atau only human?
I'm human

Murderous crow, hei what anda know
What anda Membaca about, what anda hold in your toes
Is that a twig, are anda a merpati of peace
A black merpati undercover, with another puzzle piece
Are anda a riddle to solve all along?
Or am I over thinking thoughts of human after all

Only human
Made of flesh, made of sand, made of human
The planet's talking about a revolution
The natural laws ain't got no constitution
They've got a right to...

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Details In The Fabric Lyrics

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"Details In The Fabric"
(feat. James Morrison)

Calm down
Deep breaths
And get yourself dressed instead
Of running around
And pulling all your threads saying
Breaking yourself up

If it's a broken part, replace it
But, if it's a broken arm then brace it
If it's a broken hati, tengah-tengah then face it

And hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way
Hold your own
Know your own name
And go your own way

And everything will be fine
Everything will be fine
Mmmhmm

Hang on
Help is on the way
Stay strong
I'm doing everything

Hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way
Hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way

And everything,...

Please Don't Tell Her Lyrics

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"Please Don't Tell Her"

I hear she's kicking keldai across the board and rock two hundred thousand higher scorer
Just in time to save the world of being taken over
She's a warrior
I couldn't play again because the game it never end it never even landed on the can
And never let me in to spend my quarter
There's no Cinta for me no more

Say it isn't so
How she easily come, and she easy go
Please don't tell her that I've been meaning to miss her
Because I don't

She was the girl with the broadest shoulders
But she would die before I crawled over them
She is taller than I am
She knew I wouldn't mind the view there...

Wordplay Lyrics

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"Wordplay"

I've been all around the world
I've been a new sensation
But it doesn't really matter
In this generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone berkata that ain't my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top
Mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes...

[Chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closer to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha...

Dream Life Of Rand McNally Lyrics

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"Dream Life Of Rand McNally"

Who is he, Mr. Rand McNally? Who , who is he?
Well, I had I dream that mystery was me, now who else could I be?

'Cause I dreamed I went to England and met the Spice girls there for tea
They Lost one lebih they're down from four to my favourite number of three
But they're still quite spicy as the orange flavour
And oh so nice to do me the favour and lick my icing under the meja, jadual now
But I gotta leave town Mr. Nally,
Just as scary spice was about to go down on me
And don't ask how Mr. Nally and give up the towel Mr. Nally and run.

I dreamed I went to Singapore got bored and...

Unfold Lyrics

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"Unfold"

Hands in Line
Arms close to my side
I'm fighting tides
Of an ocean's undertow
And I figure that I might not make it
I'm taking empty but seldom speaking
And the words retreat
Yeah, they breath in histories
Still at ease
And the story's untold
And my arms unfold

My hands are high
And I'm holding on, I'm holding out
And I figure that I
Figure that I just might make it
And I'm waking empty but seldom sleeping
And the words repeat breathing histories
Into stories untold but I unfold

See now quality is what anda see now
In the corner of your eye
And don't be surprised
If anda hear the bells ring
As they form from...

1000 Things Lyrics

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"1000 Things"

I'm overjoyed and over loved and feeling lucky
Like a little boy who's hiding under covers
And looking to discover any way to play the part inside his darkened cave
Well the meaning of life it starts at the nightlight
Close your eyes and hope to see mine

Well I've seen a thousand things in one place
But I stopped my counting when I saw your face
Erasing memory I feel as though I've never seen a face before
Until I saw your eyes smiling back at me thru my tears
I've been counting all these years
Now suddenly the thousand things I've seen were
Nothing lebih than dreams of anda and me

anda and me quietly at a stand still
Fortunately anda will Ciuman me and I'll Ciuman anda back
Fact of the matter of is that I don't know what the latter is
That I always wanted to Ciuman anda but
I always wanted to run from you
Because I always wanted to miss anda
And that I've always wanted to come for you

So... how do anda do?

Boy's Gone Lyrics

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"Boy's Gone"

The boy's gone. The boy's gone home.

What will happen to a face in the crowd when it finally gets too crowded.
And will happen to the origins of sound after all the sounds have sounded
Well I hope I never have to see that hari but sejak god I know it's headed our way
So I better be happy now that the boy's going home. The boy's gone home.

And what becomes of a hari for those who rage against it
And who will sum op the phrase for all left standing around in it

Well I suppose we'll all make our judgement call
We'll walk it alone, stand up tall, then march to the fall
So we better be happy now...

Absolutely Zero Lyrics

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"Absolutely Zero"

You. anda were a friend. anda were a friend of mine I let anda spend the night
You see it was my fault. Of course it was mine.
I'm too hard at work. Have anda ever heard of anything so absurd ever in your life.
I'm sorry for wasting your time.

See who am I to say this situation isn't great? When it's my job to make the most of it
Of course I didn't know that it would happen to me. Not that easy.

Hey what's that anda say? You're not blaming me for anything well that's great
But I don't break that easy. Does it fade away?
So that's why I'm, I'm apologizing now for telling anda I thought that...

Curbside Prophet Lyrics

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"Curbside Prophet"

I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket to come
I’m just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and I’m waiting for my rocket, ya'll

y’see it started way back in nyc
when i mencuri my first rhyme from the m.i.c.
at a west end avenue at 63
the beginning of a leap year, february, ’96
with a gitar picked up in the mix
i committed to the licks like a nickel bag of tricks
well look at me now
look at me now
look at me now, now, now, now

i'm just a curbside prophet
with my hand in my pocket
and i'm waiting for my rocket to...

Who Needs Shelter Lyrics

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"Who Needs Shelter"

Good-day sunlight
I'd like to say how truly bright anda are
anda don't know me but I know you
You're my kegemaran star
Follow anda I will so lets get moving

Who needs shelter when the mornings coming?
Absolutely there's no one
Who needs shelter from the sun?
Not me, no. not anyone.

sejak your clock the cock rooster crows
Then off to work where everybody goes
Slow, But eventually they get there
Picking up the hari shift back where all left off
Confined and pecking at relationships
anda know it's only a worthless piece of shit

Who needs shelter when the mornings coming?
Absolutely there's no one
Who needs shelter from the sun?
Not me, no. not anyone.

I'd sleep it all away but the sun wont let me
I'd miss those lovely days of summer

Good-day sunlight
I'd like to say how truly bright anda are
anda don't know me but I know you
You're my favorite.

anda and I Both Lyrics

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"You And I Both"

Was it anda who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
Oh things are gonna happen naturally
Oh taking your Nasihat I'm looking on the bright side
And balancing the whole thing
But often times those words get Tangled up in lines
And the bright lights turn to night
Until the dawn it brings
Another hari to sing about the magic that was anda and me

Cause anda and I both loved
What anda and I spoke of
And others just read of
Others only read of the love, the Cinta that I love.

See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages for words...

GEEKSPEAK - I'm sure Jason and all of anda geeky peminat-peminat will enjoy this as much as I did!

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Dr. Graham Tattersall*
239 pages
2010

A Guide to Answering the Unanswerable, Making Sense of the Nonsensical, and Solving the Unsolvable

How big is your vocabulary?
How heavy is your house?
Do the dead outnumber the living?
What are the best words to use
in a personal ad?

We humans are a curious species, prone to think, ruminate, reflect, cogitate, mull over, and philosophize. We long to explain away the world around us, to answer all those seeming unanswerables. Why are we here? Is there a God? Is there life after death? And, above all, how many houseflies does it take to pull a car?

A confirmed and...

Too Much Makanan Lyrics

posted by s3ptamber

"Too Much Food"

You can say that I'm one curly fry in the box of the regular
Messing with the flavor oh the flavor that anda savor
Saving me for last but anda better not eat me at all
Living in a fast Makanan bag making Friends with the ketchup and salt
People say that I'm crazy for not moving on to better things
Instead I'm sitting around trash talking with the bawang rings
But it's much too soon to leave this easy life
Pass me the spoon. Pass the analytical knife

Now you're about to get cut up atau get cut down
It's all about the wordplay all about the sound in the tone of my voice
You gotta let me make my...

Sleep All hari Lyrics

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"Sleep All Day"

His after moan though cries oh no
He's building up a shine but he take it slow
And he knows it's time to make a change here And time to get away
And he knows it's time for all the wrong reasons, oh, time to end the pain
But he sleep all, sleep all day, sleep all, we sleep all hari over again
Why don't we?

She berkata what would your mother think and how would your father react oh lord
Would he take it all back what they've done
No way he berkata take it, take it and don't break it with your own two hands
That was my old man and he said
if all is grounded anda should go make a mountain out of it...

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A Beautiful Mess Lyrics

posted by s3ptamber

"A Beautiful Mess"

You've got the best of both worlds
You're the kind of girl who can take down a man,
And lift him back up again
You are strong but you're needy,
Humble but you're greedy
And based on your body language,
And shoddy cursive I've been reading
Your style is quite selective,
though your mind is rather reckless
Well I guess it just suggests
that this is just what happiness is

Hey, what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words anda write
Kind of turn themselves into knives
And don't mind my nerve anda could call it fiction
But I like...

Song For A Friend Lyrics

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"Song For A Friend"

Well you're magic he said
But don't let it all go to your head
Well I bet if anda all had it all figured out
Then you'd never get out of bed
No doubt
All the thing's that I've read what he wrote me
Is now sounding like the man I was hoping
To be
Keep on keeping it real
Cause it keeps getting easier indeed
He's the reason that I'm laughing
Even if there's no one else
He said, you've got to Cinta yourself

You say, anda shouldn't mumble when anda speak
But keep your tongue up in your cheek
And if anda stumble on to
You better remember that it's humble that anda seek
You got all the skill anda need,...